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Working across platform bring-up, firmware qualification, hardware stress testing, fleet integration, and system-level debugging, you will ensure compute, storage, high-speed networking, and GPU systems perform optimally under massive production-scale workloads.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nHardware Lifecycle & Bring-up: Lead core phases of the hardware development lifecycle, including feasibility studies, initial hardware bring-up, validation, production deployment, and sustaining fleet support.\n\nPlatform Performance & Integration: Execute platform integration, system-level debugging, driver tuning, and thermal/power efficiency optimization across large-scale compute environments.\n\nValidation Strategy & Testing: Develop and execute rigorous evaluation, benchmarking, and stress-testing strategies for server platforms to guarantee fleet stability.\n\nFirmware & Fleet Qualification: Support BIOS and BMC firmware qualification, automate firmware deployment, and manage hardware health-monitoring frameworks.\n\nVendor & Technical Debugging: Collaborate with hardware vendors and SRE/Ops teams to root-cause complex component- and system-level failures across hardware registers, drivers, kernel layers, and bus-level traces.\n\nSite Visits & Deployment: Travel occasionally to vendor sites or data centers to supervise hardware deployments and first-of-a-kind platform builds.\n\nRequirements\nAcademic & Years of Experience\n\n5+ years of professional experience in hardware engineering, system architecture, or server infrastructure validation.\n\nBS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science , or equivalent practical experience.\n\nTechnical Capabilities & Tooling\n\nDeep technical understanding of Linux-based server environments , data center architecture, and hardware interfaces ( PCIe, NVMe, Ethernet, InfiniBand, memory subsystems ).\n\nHands-on experience stress testing and validating CPU, RAM, storage, and high-speed networking subsystems.\n\nProficiency in Python, Go, or Bash for writing automation scripts, test harnesses, and validation tools.\n\nStrong remote debugging skills, including analyzing kernel logs, hardware registers, and bus-level traces/captures.\n\nProfessional Competencies\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate hardware limitations into clear engineering requirements for software teams.\n\nCollaborative mindset to work cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Data Center Ops, SREs, and external hardware vendors.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nExperience validating and optimizing GPU platforms, AI accelerators, or High-Performance Compute (HPC) systems.\n\nBackground in data center automation, hardware health telemetry, and firmware provisioning frameworks.\n\nWork Logistics & Sponsorship Notice\n\nWorkplace Model: Hybrid model requiring in-office attendance at San Mateo HQ on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (Mondays/Fridays optional).\n\nVisa Sponsorship Note: Roblox currently may not be able to support future H-1B sponsorship or candidates holding certain U.S. visa categories for this specific role.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Briefed","rawCompany":"briefed","city":"San Mateo","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-11-03T04:02:01.649Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2061.00","title":"Computer Hardware Engineers","slug":"computer-hardware-engineers"},{"code":"17-2112.02","title":"Validation Engineers","slug":"validation-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"334111","title":"Electronic Computer Manufacturing","slug":"electronic-computer-manufacturing"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Hardware Validation Engineer - Server & Cloud Infrastructure","description":"Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect within 3D immersive digital experiences. 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